It's Super Effective is a Pokémon-centric podcast hosted by Steve Black Jr., also known by his initials SBJ, and is the flagship show of PKMNcast.com. It's Super Effective began on July 26, 2010, two days after the launch of the website, which began as PokémonPodcast.com.

Contents

Podcast

Features

Introduction - Steve usually begins with "what's up everybody" and introduces the cast members.

News - The hosts discuss recent events in the Pokémon community.

ExtremeSpeed - Steve and occasionally another cast member grill another cast member (usually a new guest) with a string of questions, usually pertaining to a personal preference between two Types, Pokémon, or Items.

Featured Team - Steve and the cast give comments and constructive criticism on a listener's submitted team of Pokémon. Steve has said that this is reminiscent of a similar feature in Nintendo Power magazines he read in his childhood.

Guests

These people have made one or two appearances on the show, either as a co-host or as an interviewee.

Inside jokes and running gags

Quick Claw Guy - A hypothetical listener of the show who despises Steve's acceptance of Quick Claw as a viable competitive held item.

"In the face, in the face, in the face!" - A reference to an episode in which Steve suddenly started the show by repeating the last three words Travis had said during the pre-show chatter.

New New Mexico - A newly founded sovereign kingdom on the Moon, over which Saul is the king.

The Pichu/Cleffa Dilemma - A thought experiment performed by Steve at the end of each Extremespeed segment in which the guest is presented with the question "Pichu or Cleffa?". The guest will always choose Pichu.

Related podcasts

Critical Hit

A video podcast that is either consisting of various Pokémon-related things happening in Black Jr.'s life or a video version of the main audio podcast, depending on the episode. In the former's case, the podcast finishes off with a Pokémon-related YouTube video before the credits.

Leftovers

Steve's uncensored side project. Leftovers was hosted by Black Jr. and his friend Chris. Leftovers dealt with a more adult side of the Pokémon fandom, but is currently on hiatus. Also called, "It's Super Offensive."

Reception

It's Super Effective is currently the most popular Pokémon podcast on iTunes and Zune. It became the leading Pokémon podcast after The Pallet Tribune's WTPT - Pokémon Radio ended production in 2010, the same year that ISE debuted. It won the 3rd and 4th Annual Shorty Awards in the community-created category of "The Best Podcast in Social Media" with 50 and 145 votes, respectively. (2011 & 2012)

Staff

Steve Black Jr.

Creator/Host of the It's Super Effective podcast and webmaster of PKMNcast.com.